Where the Money Goes - Exercises

  1. This exercise asks you to say who pays for certain government services. Read the page called "Where the Money Goes" to find the correct answer to each question. Put a checkmark in the box under the correct answer.

You don't have to try to remember all the answers, you just need to be able to find them in the article, and to understand the general idea.


 

We pay for this when we pay income tax to the federal government.

We pay for this when we pay income tax to the provincial government.

People who own land or buildings pay for this when they pay property tax to the municipal government.

1. Who pays for immigration officers?
     
2. Who pays for the RCMP?
     
3. Who pays for roads?
     
4. Who pays for the provincial police?
     
5. Who pays for the public libraries?
     
6. Who pays for community centres?
     

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